The Honorable Dometrice "Dee" Clemmons

Civic leader Dometrice “Dee” Clemmons was born on January 4, 1969 in Atlanta, Georgia to Margie Holmes and Walter Clemmons. She graduated from Gordon High in Decatur, Georgia in 1987 and went on to earn her B.A. degree in English from Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia in 1991 and her M.A. degree in leadership from Beulah Heights University in Atlanta in 2001. In 2021, Clemmons received a certified executive coach license from the Center for Executive Coaching.

In 1987, Clemmons was hired as a center director with the Boys & Girls Club of Metro Atlanta, where she worked until 1990. During this time, she also served as a student appointee to the first board of the White House’s Points of Light Foundation. After graduating from Spelman, Clemmons worked as a teacher with the City Schools of Decatur until 1993. That same year, she was hired as chief executive officer of the College for Kids Child Care Center, where she remained until 2020. In 2010, Clemmons founded DCL Public Private Solutions Group, a consulting firm, where she has served as chief executive officer and business consultant. From 2016 to 2023, she served as the first African American female commissioner of Henry County, Georgia and was re-elected in 2022 before her resignation in 2023. In 2019, she became a franchisee of Painting with a Twist, a paint-and-sip company. In 2021, she also worked as a franchise owner of Club Z! In-Home Tutoring Services. In 2022, Clemmons became an independent contractor and business coach for Accion Opportunity Fund, a small business lender.

Clemmons has been active in numerous organizations including the National Coalition of 100 Black Women, Inc. MECCA Chapter from 2017 to 2018 and the NCNW Henry Clayton organization from 2020 to 2023. She also served as founder and board chair of the Shaquille O’Neal Henry County Boys & Girls Club between 2021 and 2023.

Clemmons received the Commissioner of the Year Award from the Georgia Minority Business Awards in 2018; and she was awarded the Presidential Lifetime Achievement Award by the Biden administration in 2024.

Clemmons has two adult children, India and Angel Scandrick, and one grandchild, Brooklyn Myers. Clemmons resides in Atlanta, Georgia.

The Honorable Dometrice “Dee” Clemmons was interviewed by The HistoryMakers on August 3, 2024.